Exclusive: Fields run by climate summit host have burned gas near daily despite 20-year-old pledge, satellite monitoring reveals State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flaring, the Guardian can reveal. The UAE is hosting the UN Cop28 summit,...
State oil company’s huge expansion plans make its CEO’s role as president of UN climate summit ‘ridiculous’, say researchers. The state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, whose CEO will preside over imminent UN climate negotiations, has the largest net-zero-busting expansion plans of any company in the world, according to new data. Sultan Al Jaber...
The world’s nations remained at odds over any agreement for an end to new oil and gasprojects ahead of the upcoming UN climate summit, with France, Spain, Ireland, Kenyaand 11 other countries calling for the phasing out of fossil fuel production at preliminarytalks this week.After discussions over the past two days in Abu Dhabi in...
OP28 in November is being hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a major oil and gas producer. The COP President will be Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of ADNOC, one of the world’s biggest oil companies. It’s attracted heavy criticism from many quarters. Robin Mills at the Center on Global Energy Policy reviews the contradictions inherent...
The IssueRussian independent Lukoil has long been one of the country’s most active companies abroad. With minimal prospects for domestic expansion the company remains hungry for geographic diversification. The war in Ukraine has complicated its efforts but it continues to find willing partners in countries with friendly — or at least neutral — policies toward...
ADNOC made the final investment decision ( FID ) on the project for the development of two gas fields on the UAE shelf – Hail and Ghasha. Deposits are part of the Abu Dhabi Ghasha concession, in which more than 1.5 billion cubic meters are planned to be mined by the end of the decade....
Executives are talking up their net zero plans, but there’s a risk the gap between rhetoric and reality becomes too wide. The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, or Adipec, is the most oily event imaginable: acres of halls filled with people selling pipes, pumps and drill bits — everything you need to get fossil fuels out...
The president of Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company is set to host critical climate negotiations this autumn. he oil company run by the president of this year’s UN climate conference is set to increase the emissions from its oil and gas products by more than 40% by 2030, according to analysis by Global Witness. Abu...
UAE’s president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated defense of nation hosting climate talks. The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those who “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.” Climate activists roundly criticized Sultan...
The UAE holds a major oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN COP28 climate talks in Dubai. The UAE holds a major oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN COP28 climate talks in Dubai. The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks called on oil and gas companies...